Amazing. I love the ingenuity! We do deep litter bedding, turning our abundance of saw dust and leaves into black gold while keeping the chickens a little warmer during winter. When I read you buried the hose for hot waterthat blew my mind though! Yeild has been an issue for me in my journey so far, my chickens hardly produce eggs, my gardens haven't been great, I'm putting way more in than I get out. But I'm trying so hard and learning as I go... I know it'll even out eventually, then hopefully switch to more yeilds than work/ money! That's my eventual goal :)
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How do you do the worm bin on the coop? Would like to learn more about that as well :)
WIre mesh for the top of the worm box, right below where the hens sleep on their roost. Poop falls into the worm box. we add woodchips and some scraps from the kitchen. A front door of wood to open and harvest worms. No photos right now but soon!
That's really cool. I didn't know the worms eat poop! I'll have to try it out this summer.
Out of curiosity, what are you feeding your hens. and how old are they? and what breed are they? Sorry for being nosey but it may help figure out why they arent laying like they should...
They eat soaked layer feed and soaked scratch, and free range. My leghorn and red comet lay almost every day, but my barred rocks and easter eggers only lay in the summer. They are 1.5yrs.